Soberanía 76: ¡Viva Mexico!
On this special Independence Day episode of Soberanía, we dive into President Claudia Sheinbaum’s historic first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, and the stark contrast with a United States gripped by fear, censorship, and violence. We also unpack reports of CIA activity in Mexico, Trump’s drone strikes near Venezuela, and what Washington’s doctrine of extrajudicial killings could mean for Mexico’s sovereignty. Finally, in Losers and Haters, those in the press – and think tanks – who would whitewash US aggression in the region.
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The US: The Real Narco-State?
“Washington isn’t interested in fighting organized crime within its borders… but in using drug trafficking as a pretext to interfere in other countries,” La Jornada argues.
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The Sheinbaum-López Obrador Rupture
“The salinistas who invoke a Sheinbaum-López Obrador split calculate that only a fight could hand them what they’ve failed to win on their own,” argues Delgado.
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Mexico Proposes Reviewing Foreign Investments over 49% Under National Security Criteria
Sheinbaum’s bill would add the heads of Defense, the Navy, intelligence, and tax agencies to the commission vetting takeovers in energy, mining, AI and semiconductors.
